Breaking the habit

So, like the majority of the world, I have this problem with biting my nails. It’s annoying, but I’m pretty sure it’s the reason I have a great immune system.

But of course, while I’m sitting here in class “typing notes,” what am I actually doing besides surfing other blogs? I’m writing an email and biting my nails.

So I thought to myself, God gave us the internet. Thank you God, for the internet. And then preceded to search the all-knowing World Wide Web for exactly how to kick my habit. After a few human sacrifices to the great Google men for their ingenious invention, I found a site that might be helpful.

So I’m putting myself on the “6 Step Program.” I will beat this addiction.. err Habit!

Of course upon, reading through the steps, I realized they can be used for more than just nail biting. Heck, I’d even use them to get over a breakup. Let me explain.

For each step, I have added in italics, the translation for using these 6 steps to get over a breakup.

1. Recognize that many other people bite their fingernails. Sometimes people are not even aware that they are doing so. Perhaps you do not always realize you are biting your nails. - Recognize that many people do find you attractive. Sometimes people are not aware that they are attracted to you. You do not realize how attractive you are.
2. Figure out when you are biting your nails the most. Is it during work, while commuting, or while worried or stressed about something? After you figure out the situations in which you bite your nails, then you need to figure out the underlying “trigger events” that cause you to do so. Sometimes there is one emotion that you might not even be aware of that triggers the nail biting. - Figure out when you are depressed the most. Is it when you are listening to ”your song” or when you are in “the place” or when you are enticed and need some lovin’.
3. Carry around an emory board to help to smooth your nails. Often people who bite their nails first choose rough-edged nails to bite. - Carry around bear mace to fight off any prospects that maybe get a little too close to fast. No need to make silly mistakes. yes. bear mace.
4. Place bitter-tasting cream on your fingernails to remind you that you are biting your nails - and to stop you from biting them. - Begin conditioning yourself. Look at a picture of your lost love and then cause yourself some kind of pain or nausea. Do this repeatedly until you associate that pain or nausea with that person. This is called classical conditioning. Very Effective.
5. Replace the bad habit of biting your nails with a good habit. Every time you notice that you are biting your nails, stop it and do something healthy - like smiling, doing a push-up or breaking into a song (the latter only works in certain locations!) - Every time you start thinking of your ex-sweetie, do something else - like smiling, doing a pushup, breaking into song (”don’t stop belieeevin’!”) or even biting your nails.
6. Maintain your desire to break the habit. The bottom line in beating any habit is desire. If you desire to kick the habit you will do so, and with the right help you can stop biting your nails. - Keep your pants on. And ignore the desire to remove them. (”You can DO IT!”)

Okay, so some where a bit of a stretch, but at least now I have a 6 step program to get over any habit. and for this, I am glad.

I WILL NIBBLE NO MORE!

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